bpo-31507: Add docstring to parseaddr function in email.utils.parseaddr (GH-3647) (GH-3735)

(cherry picked from commit 9e7b9b21)

bpo-31507: Add docstring to parseaddr function in email.utils.parseaddr (GH-3647) (GH-3735)
(cherry picked from commit 9e7b9b21)
c829bbf6 · Rohit Balasubramanian · Mariatta · 2fb8e938 · c829bbf6
Commit c829bbf6 authored Oct 07, 2017 by Rohit Balasubramanian Committed by Mariatta Oct 06, 2017
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--- a/Lib/email/utils.py
+++ b/Lib/email/utils.py
@@ -211,6 +211,12 @@ def parsedate_tz(data):


 def parseaddr(addr):
+    """
+    Parse addr into its constituent realname and email address parts.
+    
+    Return a tuple of realname and email address, unless the parse fails, in
+    which case return a 2-tuple of ('', '').
+    """
    addrs = _AddressList(addr).addresslist
    if not addrs:
        return '', ''